...illustrious instance to lord Verulam's remark relative to bachelors : Certainly the best works, and those of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men. All Kant's pursuits were obviously of a metaphysical or intellectual nature. He devoted himself to...

...interest. Otherwise, I had my Lord Bacon's consolation in the dictum he lays down, when he says : " Certainly, the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from childless men." A still more comforting authority, however, was found in my friend Tom, the philosopher...

...essays says : " Certainly the best works and of greatest merit for the publie, liaoa proceeded frnrn the unmarried or childless men : which both in affection and means, have married aiid endaieed the public ;" " unmarried men are best friends, beat masters, best servants" — i!d...

...fortunate, but seldom or never where the elder are disinherited. VIII. OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE. He that hath wife and children, hath given hostages to...affection and means, have married and endowed the public. Yet it were great reason, that those that have children should have greatest care of future times;...

...children, Bacon tells us, in one of his Essays, are " Impediments to great enterprises : " and adds, " Certainly, the best works, and of greatest merit for...have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men." See, with reference to this subject, Mr. D'Israeli's work on " The Literary Character." chapter xviii....

...fortunate, but seldom or never where the elder are disinherited. VIII.— OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE. HE that hath wife and children hath given hostages to...affection and means, have married and endowed the public. Yet it were great reason that those that have children should have greatest care of future times, unto...

...much as the following sentiments are Lord Bacon's theology : — " He tlmt bath wife and children bath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments...affection and means, have married and endowed the public A single lite dolb well with churchmen [clergymen], fur charily will hardly water the ground wbero...

...much as the following sentiments are Lord Bacon's theology : — "He that bath wife and children bath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments...; which, both in affection and means, have married aud endowed the public A single lite dolb well with churchmen [clergymen], for charity will hardly...

...affirm it of themselves." This sentiment of Dr. King completely agrees with the words of Bacon :—"He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to...affection and means, have married and endowed the public." 16. Thus, sir, as I proceed in the examination of your work, even the very authorities you quote are...

...benevolence, or hold in too high regard and respect the public spirit and philanthropy of its author. " Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from unmarried or childless men, who, both in affection and means, have married and endowed the public."...